Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

After leaving Emperor Jingfeng's palace, Li Jinche had uncontrollable excitement on his face. As soon as he returned to Prince Wu's Mansion, he couldn't wait to say to Fang Zigui: "I didn't expect the plan to go so smoothly. It seems that the prince really wants to go there this time." We are in trouble, but our great cause is about to be accomplished!"

Fang Zigui subconsciously looked outside the house and saw no one around, so he said with relief: "Although this move is dangerous, it is useful. It successfully aroused His Majesty's suspicion of the Crown Prince. But we can't relax our vigilance now. You must know that Gu Yunji has not been imprisoned, as long as he is here, Donggong will have a chance to turn around."

"We still need to keep an eye on him during this period. If he makes any moves, we can respond in time."

When Li Jinche thought of the prince being imprisoned, his chest was filled with joy and he let out a deep breath.However, when he thought of yesterday's situation, he couldn't help but be afraid: "But having said that, yesterday was really dangerous. If there is a mistake, we will fall into an abyss."

"Beasts are beasts after all. So the animal trainer in southern Xinjiang boasted about his tiger, telling him how obedient it was, so that it would not dare to go east or west. What was the result? Yesterday, the tiger went crazy as soon as it sprang out. He rushed towards my father, if Gu Yunji hadn't hit the beast's eye, I'm afraid my father would have died."

"The original intention of you and me was just to scare my father, so that he would be suspicious of the prince, but we did not want to take his life. If my father really had some shortcomings, how could the ministers have the intention to investigate the culprit of the tiger's harm in the turmoil of the court? The culprit must have directly promoted Li Jinze to the throne."

Speaking of this, Li Jinche felt proud in his heart: "But it's just right now. My father was so frightened that he became seriously ill, so it would be impossible for him to expose the matter lightly. When my father is so angry, the procedure for hearing the case will not be so compliant. We’ll have a lot of opportunities to do tricks.”

Fang Zigui nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, now is an excellent opportunity. His Majesty is seriously ill and has ignored the government affairs, and almost all the backbone of the prince's party have been imprisoned. We can take advantage of this opportunity to develop our power and install people in the government. manpower."

As he said that, Fang Zigui did not forget to tell Li Jinche: "Of course, Your Highness should go to His Majesty more often to attend to your illness during this period. Although His Majesty is seriously ill, his mind is not confused. As time goes by, he will naturally remember your filial piety and treat us more in the future." favorable."

Li Jinche responded: "Don't worry, sir, I know everything."

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The battle for the right to inherit the throne has progressed to this point, and the balance of power has finally tilted towards Li Jinche.After coming out of Prince Wu's Mansion, Fang Zigui was rarely in a good mood and went straight back to Fang Mansion. However, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Fang Shu sitting in the hall, clearly waiting for him.

The moment he saw Fang Shu, Fang Zigui's smile disappeared and he said in a cold voice: "Father is in such a good mood today that he finally came out of the study and sat outside."

After finishing his casual sentence, Fang Zigui turned around and left without waiting for Fang Shu's response.

"stop."

Fang Shu called him: "Come back, I have something to tell you."

Fang Zigui paused and said in an impatient tone: "If my father wants to persuade me to give up helping King Wu to seize the throne, there is no need to say it. You don't know how many times you have said this, my ears are about to get calluses, but I still That answer – it’s my own business and it’s none of your business.”

Looking at his indifferent son, Fang Shu felt helpless in his heart.

Outsiders think that he only has a son like Fang Zigui. The father and son depend on each other and must have a good relationship, but only Fang Shu himself knows how tense the relationship between him and Fang Zigui is.One of them is the Minister of Household Affairs, serving as the chief assistant of the cabinet; the other is the right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the backbone of the Wu royal party. Both father and son are officials in the court, but they are dependent on each other and support each other as ordinary people think. The situation did not appear, but they were strangers, with almost no communication.

Fang Shu did not agree with seizing the direct line, let alone supporting Wu King Li Jinche. Unfortunately, Fang Zigui never listened to his advice. The two had been in a stalemate on this issue, and their relationship became increasingly estranged.

Fang Shu said in a deep voice: "I have always said that, don't help King Wu to think about something that does not belong to him. It is only natural that he should inherit it. If you continue like this, you will only harm him and others. yourself."

Fang Zigui smiled sarcastically: "What do you call something that Xiao Xiang doesn't belong to him? God is not fair. Sons of the same father are born with differences. They are just unwilling to accept fate and want to try their best to fight. They can also be called 'Xiao Xiang'." ?"

"If father doesn't like what I'm doing, you can just close your eyes, put your hands down, and just ignore me. No matter what kind of trouble I create in the court, it won't affect your business anyway."

Fang Shu took a deep breath: "In the past, I could ignore whether you supported the King of Wu or the crown prince. As long as the battle for the right to inherit the throne does not cross the bottom line, even if you lose in the future, you will be dismissed from office at worst, and you can still escape unscathed."

"But now that you are doing more and more excessive things, I can no longer sit back and watch."

With that said, Fang Shu raised his deep eyes and looked at Fang Zigui: "I'm just going to ask you one thing - was it you who did the killing by the tiger in the hunting ground?"

Fang Zigui's face changed slightly when he heard this, then returned to normal, and sneered: "The incident happened at the royal hunting ground on the outskirts of Beijing, and the tiger escaped from the forest to the north. I am a civil servant who has no power to restrain a chicken. I almost lost my life when I met a tiger. Instead of caring about my safety first, my father asked me about my sin?"

Fang Shu looked away and said in a dull voice: "Don't skip the topic for me. I know my son better than my father. I think I know you at least twice. You and I are the only ones in the room at the moment. I don't think you have any need to lie." "

Fang Zigui lazily raised his eyelids and glanced at him, with a rather confident tone: "What if I did it? So what if I didn't do it? Is it possible that my father wants to kill the family out of righteousness and report me to His Majesty?"

Fang Shu closed his eyes, and the familiar feeling of powerlessness came over him again.

He didn't understand, how could such an innocent, upright, and glorious person like him raise such a son?Was his education really such a failure?

Fang Shu is a few years younger than Xu Chengyu and has reached the age of becoming an official earlier. However, Emperor Jingfeng has been unwilling to let him go, so he remains in the court to this day.At this moment, his figure was stooped, as if he had aged ten years suddenly, and he said earnestly:

"A gentleman behaves magnanimously, and even when fighting, he should be upright. In order to gain the power of the King of Wu, you let a tiger attack His Majesty, and framed the blame on the Crown Prince. Ask yourself, what you are doing now is worthy of what you have read over the years. A book from a sage?"

"It's dangerous to seize the direct descendant. You have crossed the bottom line. If you are not careful, you will lose everything... I advise you to stop now. You can still have a decent ending in the future." (End of this chapter)